how has your hobby given you pleasure and knowledge?

I have a hobby of reading.I like to read inspiring books.I to read biographies and autobiographies.I like to read small articles which give us great knowledge.
People often get bored when they are sitting alone somewhere but it is better to read a good book sitting in the railway station than just looking around that what people are doing.Time just runs when we are in rapt attention reading a book.
I think,reading gives me a reason to concentrate.It builds up my concentration.It has taught me that energy is a lesser contributor to concentration but interest in something is what makes us concentrated ,whether,it may be sports,studies etc.I did not know this before.I have found that the reading hobby has taught me how to converse with people in a better way.
I often go to bookstores to read and buy books.I have a huge collection of them.I don't have a routine to read the newspaper but often when i sit for eating my lunch or dinner.I read articles in the newspaper.Small articles which give a great amount of knowledge which i have never even thought of searching in Internet.
On Internet also i read a lot of articles and search on varying subjects.But my personal thinking is that books are more properly arranged(yes! I read e-books too) than the Internet articles which i have seem sometimes don't have all in one knowledge.Wikipedia and likes are exceptions but they are also not comparable to books.
I visit the annual book fair that takes place in our city.It is really a treasure of books.I have planned to visit the coming book fair also.Book fairs are filled with people who are like us ,who like to read books.I have noticed that people those who read have a better personality than people who just read their school books.
Book reading has given me a way to think,improved my writing skills,instilled in me some beautiful ideas,has given me a lovely pass time.My brother inspired me to read books.He said,"book reading will make you a better human being".I have found that his sentence was hundred percent correct.
I am not a reader like my brother who digests 1 book in one night.Nor am i like osho who read four-five books a week.But i know that i read and i enjoy reading. As long as i love reading i don't want to be anyone else or compare myself with anyone else.